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March052015

Australia Floats Prisoner Swap To Save Indonesia Pair - Yahoo News

They were named as Kristito Mandagi, Saud Siregar and Ismunandar, the captain, chief officer and engineer respectively of a boat carrying 390 http://millerpnny.skyrock.com kilograms (860 pounds) of heroin that was seized near Port Macquarie, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Sydney. Bishop's comments followed an impromptu bipartisan candlelight vigil for the pair outside the country's parliament in Canberra early Thursday, also attended by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten and dozens of MPs. - Global implications - View gallery A boat delivers Indonesian police armored vehicles great site carrying Australians on death row Andrew Chan and Abbott, who best site on Wednesday expressed revulsion at the looming deaths, said he had requested a final telephone call with Indonesian President Joko Widodo to again push for the men to be spared. "I can't guarantee that the request will be met," he said, while urging Indonesia to "pull back from this brink". "Don't just realise what is in your own best interests, but realise what is in your own best values," he said in parliament. Canberra has made more than 20 representations to Indonesian officials since January regarding the pair but Widodo has been unswayed, insisting Indonesia was facing an "emergency" due to rising narcotics use and a tough line must be taken. More: http://news.yahoo.com/australia-pm-attends-vigil-indonesia-death-row-inmates-214208980.html

Australia Floats Prisoner Swap To Save Indonesia Pair - Yahoo News

Sydney (AFP) - Australia on Thursday suggested a prisoner swap with Indonesia in an 11th hour bid to save two drug smugglers facing execution, while voicing "deep concern" about Jakarta's international reputation if they are killed. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called "Bali Nine" drug trafficking gang, could be shot within days after being moved on Wednesday to the Indonesian island where they are due to face a firing squad. Authorities must give convicts 72 hours' notice before they are executed and in a last-ditch effort to save them Foreign Minister Julie Bishop proposed a prisoner swap. She said she had spoken to fitness her counterpart Retno Marsudi in what was reportedly "a very tense phone call". "I've spoken to her on a number of occasions about this, and I wanted to explore any other avenues or opportunities to save the lives of these two young men who have been so remarkably rehabilitated," Bishop told ABC radio. "She undertook to pass on my comments to the president. View gallery Indonesian police vehicles carrying Australians on death row Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, arriv "I didn't go into any specific detail but I did note there great site were Australian prisoners in Jakarta and there were Indonesian prisoners in Australia and that we should explore some opportunity, a prison swap, a transfer, whether that could be done under Indonesian law." The Sydney Morning Herald reported that any deal could involve three Indonesians in prison in Australia over their role in an infamous 1998 drug bust. They were named as Kristito Mandagi, Saud Siregar and Ismunandar, the captain, chief officer and engineer respectively of a boat carrying 390 kilograms (860 pounds) of heroin that was seized near Port Macquarie, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Sydney. Bishop's comments followed an impromptu bipartisan candlelight vigil for the pair outside the country's parliament in Canberra early Thursday, also attended by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten and dozens of MPs. More: http://news.yahoo.com/australia-pm-attends-vigil-indonesia-death-row-inmates-214208980.html

Australia Floats Prisoner Swap To Save Indonesia Pair - Yahoo News

Sydney (AFP) - Australia on Thursday suggested a prisoner swap with Indonesia in an 11th hour bid to save two drug smugglers facing execution, while voicing "deep concern" about Jakarta's international reputation if they are killed. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of http://koreyeese.centerblog.net the so-called "Bali Nine" drug trafficking gang, could be shot within days after being moved on Wednesday to the Indonesian island where they are due to face a firing squad. Authorities must give convicts 72 hours' notice before they are executed and in a last-ditch effort to save them Foreign Minister Julie Bishop proposed a prisoner swap. She said she had spoken to her counterpart Retno Marsudi in what was reportedly "a very tense phone call". "I've spoken to her on a number of occasions about this, and I wanted to explore fitness any other avenues or opportunities to save the lives of these two young men who have been so remarkably rehabilitated," Bishop told ABC radio. "She undertook to pass on my comments to the president. View gallery Indonesian police vehicles carrying Australians on death row Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, arriv "I didn't go into any specific detail but I did note there were Australian prisoners in Jakarta and there were Indonesian prisoners in Australia and that we should explore some opportunity, a prison swap, a transfer, whether that could be done under Indonesian law." The Sydney Morning Herald reported that any deal could involve three Indonesians in prison in Australia over their role in an infamous 1998 drug bust. They were named as Kristito Mandagi, Saud Siregar and Ismunandar, the captain, chief officer and engineer respectively of a boat carrying homepage 390 kilograms (860 pounds) of heroin that was seized near Port Macquarie, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Sydney. Bishop's comments followed an impromptu bipartisan candlelight vigil for the pair outside the country's parliament in Canberra early Thursday, also attended by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten and dozens of MPs. More: http://news.yahoo.com/australia-pm-attends-vigil-indonesia-death-row-inmates-214208980.html

Australia Floats Prisoner Swap To Save Indonesia Pair - Yahoo News

They were named as Kristito Mandagi, Saud Siregar and Ismunandar, the captain, chief officer and engineer respectively of a boat carrying 390 http://millerpnny.skyrock.com kilograms (860 pounds) of heroin that was seized near Port Macquarie, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Sydney. Bishop's comments followed an impromptu bipartisan candlelight vigil for the pair outside the country's parliament in Canberra early Thursday, also attended by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten and dozens of MPs. - Global implications - View gallery A boat delivers Indonesian police armored vehicles great site carrying Australians on death row Andrew Chan and Abbott, who best site on Wednesday expressed revulsion at the looming deaths, said he had requested a final telephone call with Indonesian President Joko Widodo to again push for the men to be spared. "I can't guarantee that the request will be met," he said, while urging Indonesia to "pull back from this brink". "Don't just realise what is in your own best interests, but realise what is in your own best values," he said in parliament. Canberra has made more than 20 representations to Indonesian officials since January regarding the pair but Widodo has been unswayed, insisting Indonesia was facing an "emergency" due to rising narcotics use and a tough line must be taken. More: http://news.yahoo.com/australia-pm-attends-vigil-indonesia-death-row-inmates-214208980.html

March022015

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March012015

Austria's Raiffeisenbank Says Will Close Branches In Russian Far East - Yahoo Finance

Banks http://hiramzfur.centerblog.net are suffering from higher bad loan provisions and lower profits because of the crisis, deepened by Western sanctions over Moscow's role in download the Ukraine conflict and lower oil prices. Raiffeisenbank said the decision to close seven branches in six of the far east's main cities was taken because of the low potential for developing its customer base in the region, which is sparsely populated and largely served by Russian banks. "In the current environment, it is important to be efficient and profitable," the bank said in a statement. "In the development of our sales network, we will focus on those cities where our offices show sufficient profitability." Foreign banks have been cutting their exposure to Russia, once considered one of the world's fastest growing banking markets, since the crisis hit last year, driving the rouble down against the dollar and fuelling capital flight. Raiffeisenbank said it was considering the possible sale of its loan portfolio and customer segment of small and micro businesses, and was doing all it could to support its customers. On Thursday, Standard & Poor's rating agency said the Russian banking system could see its bad loans rise to 17-23 percent this year from around 8 percent last year, and that profit for the sector was seen at close to zero. More: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/austrias-raiffeisenbank-says-close-branches-065602852.html

Japan Inflation At New Low Since War On Falling Prices Began - Yahoo News

The government data on Friday showed that Japan's inflation rate last month came in at 2.2 percent, down from 2.5 percent in December. But stripping out the effect of a sales tax hike last year, it rose just 0.2 percent from a year earlier, the lowest since a zero percent rate in May 2013. The slip makes the Bank of Japan's much-touted review 2.0 percent inflation goal -- a cornerstone of Abenomics -- look increasingly unrealistic. View gallery Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (R) speaks to the press in Tokyo on February 27, 2015 (AFP Ph Prices had been on the rise, largely due to Japan having to import pricey fossil fuels to plug an energy gap left by the shutdown of atomic reactors in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima accident. But plunging oil prices have dealt another blow to the BoJ's inflation goals, and doubts are growing over the ambitious target -- even among policymakers themselves. Minutes from the central bank's January meeting showed that three of nine BoJ board members doubted the chances of reaching the price target. Kuroda has said the bank would further expand its unprecedented monetary easing campaign -- launched in April 2013 -- if necessary. - Sluggish spending - On Friday, Kuroda insisted http://crosslqil.blog.com/2015/02/20/maci-bookout-shares-her-babys-name-and-due-date-reality-tv-magazine-2/ that an expected recovery in oil prices http://matthewsyhli.soup.io -- they have dropped by about half since the summer -- will help the BoJ get its inflation target back on track. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-inflation-lowest-since-war-falling-prices-began-030211000--finance.html

Japan Inflation At New Low Since War On Falling Prices Began - Yahoo News

Kuroda has said the bank would further expand its unprecedented monetary easing campaign -- launched in April 2013 -- if necessary. - Sluggish spending - On Friday, Kuroda insisted that an expected recovery in oil prices -- they have dropped by about half since the summer -- will help the BoJ get its inflation target back on track. View gallery Japan's inflation rate has fallen to its lowest level since just after Tokyo launched a high-pro "As the effects of declining crude prices dissipate, the two-percent inflation target is likely to be achieved," the BoJ chief told the National Press Club. The perennially optimistic central banker -- who signed a http://sethfmgp.manifo.com press club guestbook with a Japanese download saying about making good on one's promises -- added that Japan's annual labour negotiations were likely to usher in pay hikes. That, in turn, would lead to a boost in spending and price hikes, Kuroda said. Still, the data on Friday were certain to boost speculation that the BoJ will be forced to expand its monetary easing campaign sooner than later to counter the downturn. "Currently, 80 percent of private-sector economists expect additional easing by the end of the year," SMBC Nikko Securities said in a note. "We expect additional easing will come in late April." The inflation data were among a mixed bag of figures published Friday including a better-than-expected expansion in factory activity, but analysts warned that the uptick was likely to fizzle in the coming months. Separately, the internal affairs ministry said household spending fell a greater-than-expected 5.1 percent from a year ago, as the sales tax hike to 8.0 percent from 5.0 percent weighed on shopping nationwide. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-inflation-lowest-since-war-falling-prices-began-030211000--finance.html

February272015

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February262015

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Hollywood Prepares For Its Oscars Close-up - Yahoo News

That fired the starting gun on the frenzied final weeks of frantic schmoozing and self-publicizing that defines Hollywood's awards season, which gains momentum until the star-studded Oscars night. While the best picture race is on a knife-edge, several of the other key categories are seen as much easier to predict. Veteran star Moore is almost universally expected to win best celebrity new actress for playing a linguistics professor suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's Disease http://benitolmse.skyrock.com in "Still Alice." Arquette visit this page is the favorite for best supporting actress as the single mother raising two kids in "Boyhood," while J.K. Simmons is widely expected to win best supporting actor honors for jazz drama "Whiplash." The best actor race is still seen as up for grabs -- a two-man contest between Redmayne -- as astrophysicist Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything" -- and "Birdman" star Michael Keaton. - Best picture/director split? - For best director, the frontrunners are Linklater and Mexico's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, the creative force behind "Birdman." This has led to speculation that the best picture and best director prizes could be shared, as they were last year when Mexican Alfonso Cuaron won best director for "Gravity," while the best picture Oscar went to "12 Years A Slave." A star-studded cast of presenters will hand out the prizes at Sunday's show, including Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Eddie Murphy, Liam Neeson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey. The show, which starts at 5:30 pm (0130 GMT Monday), will be preceded by the traditional red carpet parade, featuring a bevy of stars kitted out in their formal finest. One unwelcome guest could be rain -- forecasts say there is a 60 percent chance of what is a rare LA phenomenon. Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/hollywood-prepares-oscars-close-132941011.html

February182015

Australia's Rba Considered Delaying Rate Cut - Nasdaq.com

"On balance, they judged that moving at this meeting, which offered the opportunity of early additional communication in the forthcoming Statement on Monetary Policy, was the preferred course," it added. The RBA cut interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point at the start of the month to a record low 2.25%, its first cut since August 2013, citing falling global interest rates, weak domestic growth and the risk of rising unemployment. Many in the financial markets were not expecting http://gallegosxlbe.centerblog.net the cut in as RBA Governor Glenn Stevens had indicated as recently as December that interest rates stability remained an attractive option. Financial markets are now betting the RBA will cut interest rates at least one more time by mid-2015, with some market participants expecting it will continue cutting in the second half of the year. Still, there was little guidance in the minutes on how the RBA might proceed. To be sure, the RBA indicated it might move cautiously in cutting interest rates further saying it will need to keep a close watch on house price growth. "Given the large increases in housing prices in some cities and ongoing strength in lending to investors in housing assets, members also agreed that http://admin.blog.fc2.com/control.php?mode=editor&process=new developments in the housing market would bear careful monitoring," it said. The RBA and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have warned about risks associated with strong house price gains. More: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/australias-rba-considered-delaying-rate-cut-20150216-00343

February162015

Germany's Afd Party Advances In State Polls - Nasdaq.com

"The AfD had to show that it's capable of attracting voters in the west and doesn't remain an eastern German protest party. The Hamburg election has been a big success for the AfD," said Oskar Niedermayer, a political-science professor at Berlin'sFree University. "The Free Democrats are struggling to survive and they managed to set a clear signal Sunday that they are still an option." Last year, the populist AfD upstart party gained representation in three eastern German state parliament elections, winning around 10% of the votes in Brandenburg, Saxony and http://asawec.livejournal.com Thuringia. The party was founded in 2013 on a platform that opposes euro-zone bailouts and accuses Ms. Merkel of providing visit too much help for debt-ridden European countries. But over the past months, the AfD has focused more on anti-immigration and crime issues. Ms. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union suffered a bitter defeat in Hamburg, gaining a historic low of 15.9%, but the results are due to regional political issues and aren't a setback for the chancellor, observers said. More: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/germanys-afd-party-advances-in-state-polls-20150215-00027

February152015

Usa Today Sports Launches Trending Sports Mobile App - Yahoo Finance

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February142015

Austria Requests Tax Data From France In Hsbc Case - Yahoo Finance

The finance ministry said a request for legal http://roccorkgi.soup.io/post/534047144/Obama-Scaling-Back-College-Savings-Benefits-Wasnt assistance had been sent to Paris on Wednesday. France has had access to leaked HSBC client data since around the end of 2008, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which coordinated the release of great site details. Around 400 cases linked with Austria have emerged in media reports which alleged that HSBC helped wealthy customers, including footballers and arms dealers, conceal millions of dollars of assets. According to the ICIJ, the money associated with Austrian cases amounts to $1.2 billion web link (1 billion pounds) in around 1,200 bank accounts. Just over half of the cases linked with Austria relate to accounts held by Austrian nationals, the ICIJ website says, without giving further details. The website has not named any of the clients linked with Austria. More: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/austria-requests-tax-data-france-170646207.html

Japan Moving To End South Korea Currency Swap Pact - Yahoo News

Tokyo was expected to announce the decision in the coming week with the current pact expiring on February 23, said major media, including the Nikkei, the Asahi Shimbun and Kyodo News. "Deterioration of the Japan-South Korea browse relationship is seen to have affected the decision," the Asahi said. Under the contract, originally agreed in 2001, each country can obtain dollars by giving its own currency to the other at times of financial emergencies. The two sides routinely adjusted the size and details of the agreement, which expanded to as much as $70 billion in 2011, after a series of global crisis, including the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers and the eurozone debt crisis. The Nikkei newspaper added that the need for http://ginc945.livejournal.com the accord has been reduced as South Korea's foreign currency reserves have increased 18 times more than the level seen after the 1997 Asian currency crisis. In October last year, Japanese finance minister Taro Aso said the pact would not be renewed unless South Korea requested it. The Japan-South Korea relations have long been tense due to various disputes linked to Japan's 1910-45 rule over the Korean peninsula. The bilateral ties plunged again in 2012 after then-South Korean President Lee Myung-bak travelled to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-moving-end-south-korea-currency-swap-pact-084633281.html

February122015

France Reaffirms Deficit Targets After Audit Report - Yahoo Finance

"There's nothing to change in the targets that were set," government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said at a regular media briefing http://nigelydpg.blogs.experienceproject.com/4572297.html following a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The euro zone's second-largest economy has repeatedly missed fiscal targets. It is aiming to bring back its deficit to 4.1 percent by the end of 2015, and its 4.4 percent public deficit-to-GDP ratio goal in 2014, even if respected, will be higher than initial pledges. France's independent auditing body, the Cour des Comptes, said earlier the government's ability to respect its 2015 target of a deficit reduced to 4.1 percent of gross domestic product was "uncertain". (Reporting by Julien Ponthus; Writing by Brian Love; this link Editing by James Regan) Politics & Government More: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/france-reaffirms-deficit-targets-audit-120217949.html

February102015

Belgium browse charged seo the unit with tax fraud and money laundering in November, accusing the British-based bank of offering diamond dealers and other wealthy clients in Belgium ways of hiding cash and evading tax. "The bank is not giving the required information voluntarily. The judge has said that if it's so hard to get the information, he's considering international arrest warrants for the present directors in Belgium as well as Switzerland," the spokeswoman said. A spokesman for HSBC private bank in Switzerland was not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Robert-Jan Bartunek; additional reporting by Joshua Franklin; editing by Philip Blenkinsop) Business More: http://news.yahoo.com/belgium-considers-arrest-warrant-against-hsbc-switzerland-directors-133322738--finance.html